Durgapur

Durgapur
State :	India
State :	West Bengal
District :	Bardhaman
Sub-district :	Durgapur
Location :	23 ° 29 ′  N , 87 ° 19 ′  E Coordinates: 23 ° 29 ′  N , 87 ° 19 ′  E
Height :	86 m
Inhabitants : -  Agglomeration :	566,937 (2011) 581,409 (2011)
Durgapur City Center

Durgapur ( Bengali : দুর্গাপুর , Durgāpur ) is an industrial city in the district of Bardhaman in the Indian state of West Bengal . It has a population of around 570,000 (2011 census).

Durgapur is located on the Damodar River on the Delhi - Haora railway line and is 170 kilometers from Kolkata . Other important places in the area are Asansol , Bishnupur and Shantiniketan .

The city was founded in the 1950s and designed as a planned city by architects Joseph Allen Stein and Benjamin Polk . It is known for its steel industry with two steelworks with a total of 40,000 employees, Durgapur Steel Plant (DSP) and Alloy Steel Plant (ASP), both of which are operated by the Steel Authority of India .

Web links

Commons : Durgapur  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Census of India 2011: Provisional Population Totals. Cities having population 1 lakh and above. (PDF; 154 kB)
2. ^ Census of India 2011: Provisional Population Totals. Urban Agglomerations / Cities having population 1 lakh and above. (PDF; 141 kB)
3. ^ A built legacy - Joseph Allen Stein, 1912–2001. ( Memento of February 14, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) on frontlineonnet.com